Wisdom – Our Eternal Dance Partner

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Books by Lynn Serafinn, Coaching, Companion Guide to The Garden of the Soul, Excerpts, Inspiration, Personal Transformation, Radio, The Garden of the Soul, Weekly Meditations

Many thanks to Simon Ireland-Davies of ID Coaching, Liverpool, who selected the number 65 for this week’s meditation. If you would like to help me write my upcoming book “The Companion Guide to the Garden of the Soul” and possibly have your name listed in the acknowledgements of the book, and announced on my weekly radio broadcast, just select a number from 1-80 and post it in the comment thread below.

Meditation 65: Wisdom
from “Lessons from the Lily: the Principle of Being”

Wisdom is the natural energy that flows through us when we surrender our ego so we may establish our connection with the Divine. Wisdom does not come to us as the result of learning. It is not something can be increased by any type of effort. Wisdom is Eternal, Infinite and Absolute. It belongs to no one and to everyone, simultaneously and equally. When we imagine that we can capture Wisdom via our own efforts, we are operating from the platform of ego, wherein we imagine that there is a limited amount of Wisdom to be gained in the Universe, and that it can be controlled and conquered by our own efforts. If this were the case, then the Universe would be a merciless and poverty-stricken place, as only the strongest or most intellectually gifted would ever have access to Wisdom. But the Truth is the Universe is infinitely opulent and full of mercy. Wisdom is the birthright of all living entities, and no effort is required to manifest Wisdom other than to allow it to enter us, without ego blocking its way.

In The Garden of the Soul, the Lily is the bearer of Wisdom. She stands alone, allowing the light of the full Moon to bathe her with its illuminating rays, Without effort, she absorbs whatever Wisdom is shone upon her, and then creates a mesmerising diamond-like mandala of light and reflection around her so that others may be able to see and delight in what she knows intuitively. She does not block the rays via any kind of shade or cover. She allows all of them to shine upon her equally, without judgment or preference…

If you would like to read the rest of this article,
including the Enquiries for the week,
read the complete entry on my NEW blog at http://www.lynnserafinn.com.

AND while you are there, be sure to subscribe to that blog, as this blog will shortly be discontinued and moved to the new site. :-)

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If you would like to find out how to master the four Principles of “Give, Receive, Become and Be” from my book The Garden of the Soul, as well as many other skills for personal transformation, join me and my colleague Vicki Goodyear on the Transformation Trilogy Weekend Workshop Series. Two new UK series starting 17 October (Bedford), and 7 November (Totnes, Devon). Click HERE for complete information and to book your place.

AND… if you think money is an issue, be sure you read about our innovative “Gratitude System” that, we hope, will enable everyone to attend.

See you there!

Warm wishes,
Lynn Serafinn
“Turning up the volume of the music in your heart!”

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Thurs 25 June – An Evening in the Garden of the Soul

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Books by Lynn Serafinn, Events, Excerpts, Inspiration, Lynn Serafinn, Mind-Body-Spirit, Personal Transformation, The Garden of the Soul

An Evening in the Garden of the Soul
Location: Putnoe Library, Library Walk, Putnoe Street, Bedford, MK41 8HQ
Date: Thurs 25 June
Time: 7pm – 9pm
FREE entry (but please reserve your tickets in advance; see below)
Click HERE for event flyer:
http://www.give-receive-become-be.com/pdfs/Putnoe-Library-Flyer.pdf

Description: Get up close and personal with Lynn Serafinn Bedford Bestselling Author of “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self”

BOOK: The Garden of the Soul by Lynn Serafinn

BOOK: The Garden of the Soul by Lynn Serafinn

Title:

Author, Coach, Lynn Serafinn

Author, Coach, Lynn Serafinn

At this very special and transformative event, Lynn will share:

  • Her creative processes used in writing the book
  • The key teachings of the book and how they can help us create happier lives
  • How looking at our own life stories can help us unlock our life purpose, find our inner hero, and find relief from emotional pain
  • A few excerpts from the book, read in Lynn’suniquely inspirational style. 

* Light refreshments served *
 * signed copies available for purchase *
* Free admission, but tickets must be reserved in advance *

Pick up your free ticket during opening hours at the Putnoe Library
OR request one from Coral Clarke by calling 01234 276 462
OR via email at Coral.Clarke@bedford.gov.uk

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-06-25
End Time: 21:00

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Thurs 11 June – SHINE Radio Show on Westside Radio, Southall, London

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Inspiration, Interviews, Radio, The Garden of the Soul

Title: SHINE Radio Show on Westside Radio, Southall, London
Location: 89.6FM (London)
Link out: Click here
Description: SHINE, the weekly west London community motivational show hosted by Carla features Lynn Serafinn, personal transformation coach and author of the Amazon bestseller “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self.”
Start Time: 15:00
Date: 2009-06-11
End Time: 16:00

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Feeling is Healing – Interview with Steve Ryals

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Inspiration, Interviews, Personal Transformation, Radio, Spirituality, The Garden of the Soul

Author, Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn interviews author/spiritual coach Steve Ryals on www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
EP20-Feeling is Healing
GUEST: Steve Ryals
DATE AIRED: Wednesday 3 June 2009

Every now and then, you meet a person whose every thought, word and way of looking at things just seems to shine back to you like a mirror. My guest on my last episode of “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul” was one of those rare mirrors, whose clarity of heart was so evident that we were able to connect within seconds of first speaking together. That person was Mr Steve Ryals, a licensed spiritual coach and “Feelings Coach,” and author of the transformative book Drunk with Wonder: Awakening to the God Within.

drunk-with-wonder-bookSteve’s book kicks off with a bang. The opening words of the first sentence hurtle us directly into a graphic scene in which he describes one of his many experiences shooting speed in Haight Ashbury in the 1960s. From that scene, we travel along with Steve down the rabbit hole of bereavement, depression, alcoholism and dissociation. But Steve shows us this descent only for the sake of contrast, for his book is far from a nostalgic ode to the Summer of Love. It is, rather, a collection of spiritual dialogues between Steve and his Higher Self. 

Which brings us to explore the reasons why this book is described as “‘Where What the Bleep Do we Know?’ meets ‘Conversations with God’”.

First, let’s talk about “Conversations.” Dialogue as a literary vehicle is as old as philosophical thought itself. While so many of our modern philosophical works are presented in the form of scholarly theses, the Greeks, the ancient Indian Vedas and countless other oral traditions of the past utilised dialogues (and metaphoric stories) to present and explain complex spiritual concepts. Following in the tradition of these ancient texts, Steve Ryals, in Drunk with Wonder, allows his “Higher Self” to engage in an ongoing debate with his “lower self”, who asks many of the same kinds of questions we might also ask during the process of our own spiritual evolution. Such a dialogue enables Steve to speak eye-to-eye to the reader, rather than positioning himself “above” the reader as some kind of expert. In this way, the reader travels along with Steve as his two “selves” hash out finer details of the meaning of life. In travelling along with Steve on the journey, he becomes our ally in our own transformation. 

If any of you have read my book, The Garden of the Soul, you will no doubt remember that I also use dialogue in my discourses with the Four Flowers, the Very Good King, and also in my escapades with Crow in the story “Learning to Breathe.” I did this because I strongly feel that carefully constructed dialogue is possibly one of the most effective means of presenting a deep, spiritual message. Steve’s use of dialogue is slightly different, although the impact is similar. When I read Drunk with Wonder, the dialogue reminded me a bit of how Boethius wrote the classic work The Consolation of Philosophy way back in the 6th or 7th century. In that work, a reluctant and depressed Boethius is visited by the personification of Philosophy, who brings him to a state of Divine Wisdom through the vehicle of dialogue. Steve does much the same in Drunk with Wonder except that his teachings come from our 21st century perspective, where quantum physics, field theory and holistic thinking have informed our way of explaining the nature of Truth.

Which brings us nicely to the whole “What the Bleep Do We Know?” thing. Back in the days when I was studying Vedic (ancient Indian) spirituality, I used to chant a lot of Sanskrit mantras. The Sanskrit word “Sat” appeared in many of them. Most books translated the word “Sat” as “eternity”, but I always felt that this did not give the true purport of the word, so I made up the word “is-ness” to explain what I felt the word “Sat” to mean. I remember my daughter, when she was little, always used to comment on how much she liked that word, because it was easy to understand the complex meaning of the word “Sat” by thinking of it in that way. Well, as I was reading Drunk with Wonder, to my great surprise and delight Steve also uses the word “is-ness” to describe our intrinsic and unchanging state of being. This made-up word speaks to us at a direct and intuitive level that bypasses the intellect and eradicates the need for logic…which I sort of think is at the backbone of Steve’s Truth. When we start to trust and release the need to understand the Infinite by means of our own finite thought, we start to step into the Divine.

Ok, so I’ve tried to explain a little bit about the style in which Steve’s book in written, but in this blog post I am not going to give away what the profound, yet easy to understand, teachings of the book contain. For that, you will just have to pick up your own copy of Drunk with Wonder and travel with Steve through his journeys with his Higher Self. But first, if you want to get a feeling for how, well, feelingly Steve presents his pathway to the Truth, check out his beautiful reading of one of the poems from the book near the end of the podcast. To my delight, he said that there is indeed an audio version of the book available via iTunes (see link below).

Steve and I did quite a lot of talking both before and after the show, and I felt like we had so much more we wanted to share. He is a lovely person, with a lot of passion for his work and for people in general, so he really is (as I said at the top of this article) just so easy to talk to. We both felt there simply wasn’t enough time on the air to cover everything we wanted to discuss. The whole experience has really got me thinking to extend the show to 60 minutes in length. My guests just keep getting better and better and 30 minutes is just not long enough.

Guess I’ll just have to invite Steve back some day. :-)

AND… watch this space, because I’d actually like to collaborate with Steve to create some sort of intercontinental spiritual awakening experience sometime in early 2010. I’ll keep you posted.  

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If you want to find out more about Steve and his work, listen to the podcast below. And after you do, be sure to visit Steve’s websites, and check out his book on Amazon.

Listen to the playback of the show here:

Or download the MP3 of this show from:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/03/Ep20-Feeling-is-Healing

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Steve’s Official Drunk with Wonder Website: www.drunkwithwonder.com

Audio Book version of Drunk with Wonder on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAudiobook?id=251938760&s=143441 

Browse through other episodes at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

NEXT ON
Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
Wednesday 10 June
SHOW: Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul
Ep21-Integrating Spirit and Human
6.30 PM UK time, 1.30 PM Eastern, 10.30 AM Pacific, 7.30 PM CET

Author and Personal Transformation Coach Lynn Serafinn hosts life empowerment facilitator, transformational life coach and talk radio show host, Joe Rumbolo. Joe will share his story of how he overcame the challenges of his own lack of confidence, and learned how to recognise and step into opportunities he would never have dreamed of in the past. He will tell us about his experiences with creative channelling and his thoughts on conscious evolution, and will draw upon the material from his workshops to offer us tips on how to “dump the junk” that holds us back, so we can move towards the ascension of our own higher consciousness

Listen LIVE or download the broadcast “on demand” at:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn/2009/06/10/Ep21-Integrating-Spirit-and-Human
Listener questions: call at 646-727-3449 during broadcast (US number)

Can’t make it to the live show? No problem!

Catch all our episodes “on demand” at
www.blogtalkradio.com/Lynn-Serafinn

About the show, “Lynn Serafinn’s Garden of the Soul”
Weekly broadcast exploring personal empowerment, life purpose, balance of mind, body and spirit, and how to tap into the inner hero that lies within every human being. Hosted by Lynn Serafinn, Personal Transformation Coach and author living in Bedford England dedicated to awakening the authentic voice in all people. She is the author of the Amazon bestselling book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self, and the Founder/Leader of The Global Wellness Circle, a holistic community project that is rapidly spreading throughout the UK.

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1st-time self-published Lynn Serafinn: Amazon best-seller day of launch

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Amazon Success Stories, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Lynn Serafinn, Mind-Body-Spirit, The Garden of the Soul

NEWS FLASH!

BEDFORD, ENLAND, 8 APRIL 2009.
Bedford author Lynn Serafinn became an Amazon UK best-selling author yesterday when her debut book,  The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self  entered the top selling titles on the day of its launch on 7 April 2009, hitting as high as number 18 in its genres.

Amazon’s sales ratings are updated hourly. Books are not only rated in their rank according to their sales in “all books”, but also within a range of different categories. If a book appears in the ”Top 100″ within any given category, it can be said to be a best-seller. 

The Garden of the Soul achieved “Amazon Best Seller” status in the UK in the rankings at 1230 PM on Tuesday 7 April, the day of its official launch, when it ranked 25th in the New Age/Occult category (assumably because it contains content about Indian spirituality) and 28th in the Mind, Body, Spirit/Spirituality category. Later in the day, these rankings rose to number 18 and 21 respectively. It shared this list with authors such as the Dalai Lama, Rhonda Byrne, Deepak Chopra and Paul McKenna, and it is actually AHEAD of some titles by Doreen Virtue, Abraham (Esther Hicks) and Eckhart Tolle. All in all, it is mighty respectable company to be amongst, especially for a brand new author.

In addition to this, by the morning of Wednesday 8 April, Lynn’s book had also reached number 92 in the extremely competitive “Self Help” category, and its rankings in the overall books on Amazon reached an extremely impressive figure of number 1,494 amongst its many MILLIONS of books.

Some words from Lynn:
All of this is extremely satisfying for a first-time, self-published author working on a complete shoe-string marketing budget and who owes all success to the collaborative efforts of her many colleagues on the social networks! All hail to the power of the world wide web! When it works, it really works. And all of that is just from the first 24 hours! The real work has only just begun.

I am feeling truly grateful today. After two solid years of writing, rewriting, editing, proofing, marketing, coordinating and overall madness… the baby is finally born, and I now release it to the world. Just so you know how important each and every reader is to me, here is my “Artist’s Manifesto”, which I wrote in May 2007, and appears in the Introduction to The Garden of the Soul:

“An artist is a person who has awakened to the thrilling realisation that the real meaning of what he creates can only manifest via the multi-coloured perspectives of those other than himself.

In this state of being, he releases his vision, unattached to its destination.

Until that moment, he is not yet an artist, but a dreamer.

The true beauty of his art takes birth in the things others see in it that he does not.”

Purchase this best-selling book on or before Friday 10 April and receive 26 fabulous free gifts. Click HERE to find out how.

BOOK: The Garden of the Soul

Title: The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self

Author: Lynn Serafinn
Publisher: Bright Pen Books
Publish date: 20 March 2009
Release Date: 7 April 2009
Format: paperback, 404 pages, illustrated
Genres: mind-body-spirit; spirituality; self-help/personal growth
ISBN13: 978-0-7552-1126-5
ISBN10 (Amazon ASIN no): 075521126X
Price: £14.99 GBP/$21.95 USD

 

Synopsis: The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Selfis a book about becoming whole…

Called ‘as spiritual as Deepak Chopra and as magical as Paulo Coelho,’ The Garden of the Soul is a journey on the ‘path of least resistance to the Self’ through the imagery of four flowers that represent four spiritual principles: ‘Give’ (the Rose), ‘Receive’ (the Iris), ‘Become’ (the Daffodil) and ‘Be’ (the Lily).Taking the reader on a daring and magical journey through the author’s life and imagination–from stage fright and burnout in a classical music conservatory, to life inside an Indian temple, to a hidden life of domestic violence, to finding inner peace atop an old English footbridge–The Garden of the Soul explores birth, death, love, art, spirituality and transformation in an eloquent, poetic and ultimately unforgettable way. It is an open invitation to readers to explore how they are already the heroes of their own lives.

Enquiries: info@give-receive-become-be.com

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RADIO: Healing the Universe

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Events, Interviews, Lynn Serafinn, Radio, The Garden of the Soul

Title: RADIO: Healing the Universe
Location: BlogTalkradio
Link out: Click here
Description: Crystal Clear Speaks with Joe Rumbolo. Joe interviews Lynn Serafinn, author of The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self.
Start Time:
1:00 GMT (yes, 1 AM)
Date: 2009-04-03
End Time: 2:30 GMT

Listen LIVE or “on demand” HERE

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AMAZON LAUNCH! The Garden of the Soul

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Books by Lynn Serafinn, Lynn Serafinn, Mind-Body-Spirit, The Garden of the Soul

Title: AMAZON LAUNCH! The Garden of the Soul
Location: Amazon.com worldwide
Link out: Click here
Description: Official Amazon launch date of Lynn Serafinn’s book, The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Receive 25 beautiful bonus gifts when you purchase the book on the day. Find out how at http://tinyurl.com/lynn-bonus
Start Time: 12:01 EDT
Date: 2009-04-07

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Video: Song of the Rose from the book The Garden of the Soul

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Music, The Garden of the Soul, Video

VIDEO NOTES:
Title:
“Song of the Rose” from the book “The Garden of the Soul” by Lynn Serafinn
Description: Excerpt from the book “The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self” by Lynn Serafinn, as read by the author. While this substantial 400 page work is comprised primarily of narrative stories, each section of the book begins with a poem or “song” sung by one of the four flowers. This “song” is called “Song of the Rose: Maysong.” The Rose is the teacher of the “Principle of Giving”, which encompasses attributes such as passion, self-expression, boldness and life purpose. The Song of the Rose gives you a glimpse into the sensual undertones of the teachings of the Rose, who later takes the author on a journey through the stories of her own life, to explore her own connection to the many colours of passion, from the sacred to the profane. Set to an uplifting instrumental soundscape by London-based band Bleep Test, and illustrated with brilliantly captivating nature photography by Sheila Finkelstein, Lynn’s uniquely lyrical and rhythmic approach to reciting poetry evokes an understanding within the listener that goes far beyond the mere meanings of the words.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
Video, audio mix, poem and spoken word copyright 2009 Lynn Serafinn
Photography by Sheila Finkelstein, www.sheilafinkelstein.com
Song “Tilted” by Bleep Test, www.myspeace.com/bleeptestmusic

ABOUT THE BOOK:
Title:
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
Author: Lynn Serafinn
Publisher: Bright Pen Books
ISBN13: 978-0-7552-1126-5
ASIN: 075521126X
Available from:

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/075521126X
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/075521126X

Authors online:
http://www.authorsonline.co.uk

Visit http://www.give-receive-become-be.com  for information and author bookings.

This video, including any portion of audio soundtrack and/or visual images, is for promotional purposes only and may not be sold. It may, however, be shared and posted on your site or blog without special permission, as long as it remains intact and you include these notes in your listing.

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Gail Sussman Miller

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Blogging, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Interviews, Lynn Serafinn, Reviews, The Garden of the Soul

Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Gail Sussman Miller
Location: Gail Sussman Miller’s Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 15 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Gail’s Inspired Choice blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-25

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Kristina Berglund

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Blogging, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Interviews, Lynn Serafinn, Reviews, The Garden of the Soul

Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Kristina Berglund
Location: Kristina Berglund’s Vedic Art Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 14 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Kristina’s Vedic Art blog and find out what she has to say about the book. Kristina is also the artist of the fabulous mandala artwork on the cover of the book!
Date: 2009-03-24

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Callie Carling stop 2!

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Blogging, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Interviews, The Garden of the Soul

Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Callie Carling stop 2!
Location: Callie Carling’s Holistic Feathers Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 13 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Callie’s holistic feather blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-23

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Gina Marks

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Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Gina Marks
Location: Gina Marks’s Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 12 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Gina interviews Lynn on the topic of personal transformatin, and the mind-body-soul connection. Lynn shares her views on the link between emotional repression and chronic illness, and shares her own journey of recovery from a crippling case of fibromyalgia and other ailments, and how this led her to understand the four spiritual principles of “give, receive, become and be” that appear in her book  The Garden of the Soul.
Date posted: 2009-03-21

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Duncan Brodie

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Blogging, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Interviews, Lynn Serafinn, Reviews, The Garden of the Soul

Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Duncan Brodie
Location: Duncan Brodies’ Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 11 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Duncan’s blog and find out what he has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-20

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Lola Fayemi

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Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Lola Fayemi
Location: Lola Fayemi’s blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 10 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Lola’s blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-19

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Judy Davids

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Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Judy Davids
Location: Judy Davids’s
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop number 9 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Judy’s blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-18

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Heidi Richards

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Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Heidi Richards
Location: Heidi Richards’s Blog
Link out: Click HERE
Description: Stop number 8 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Heidi’s blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-17

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Claudia Merydech

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Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Claudia Merydech
Location: Claudia Merydech’s Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop 7 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Claudia’s book review blog and find out what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-16

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Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Stephanie Bell

Posted by: Lynn Serafinn  :  Category: Authors, Blogging, Books by Lynn Serafinn, Excerpts, Reviews, The Garden of the Soul

Title: Virtual Blog Tour for Garden of the Soul: Stephanie Bell
Location: Stephanie Bell’s Blog
Link out: Click here
Description: Stop 6 on the Virtual Book Blog Tour for Lynn Serafinn’s new book The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self. Check out Stephanie’s blog and what she has to say about the book.
Date: 2009-03-15

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Author

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About the author
Lynn Serafinn, MAED, CPCC

(download pdf version of this page)

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1955, and now residing in the United Kingdom, author Lynn Serafinn is a Personal Transformation Coach, teacher, motivational speaker and talk radio show host. Owing to her long and diverse professional history in the music industry– from symphony violinist, to opera singer, to east-west fusion artist, to a number-1 electronic dance artist in the 90’s– Lynn’s writing is lyrical, rhythmic, colourful, highly visual and undeniably metaphoric. She was the ghost writer and editor on several published books on Vedic spirituality and philosophy, and is the author of the eBook The Path of Least Resistance to the Self. The Garden of the Soul is her first full-length book.

Lynn was educated at New England Conservatory of Music, University of Texas at Austin and University of Phoenix, and holds a B.Mus. in music history and an MAED in adult education and distance learning. Awarded the National Defence Foreign Language Fellowship in 1980-81, Lynn journeyed to Calcutta where she began her long-term studies of Indian music and religion. A fully qualified teacher, she taught music and music technology for many years, and was the recipient of the Microsoft UK Innovative Teacher of the Year Award in 2005. She holds a CPCC through the Coaches Training Institute and is a graduate of the Co-Active Leadership Programme. Now living on her own in Bedford, England, Lynn is the Founder/Leader of the Global Wellness Circle, a thriving community-based holistic education project spread throughout the United Kingdom. She has a grown daughter, who is also a writer, and a young grandson. 

For book signings, live readings, speaking engagements, etc.

Contact our Events Dept at
Email: events@give-receive-become-be.com
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Books

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 BOOK: The Garden of the Soul

Title: The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self
Author: Lynn Serafinn
Publisher: Bright Pen Books
Publish date: 20 March 2009
ISBN13: 9780755211265
ISBN10 (ASIN): 075521126X

 AMAZON BESTSELLER in:
Spirituality, mind-body-spirit, New Age, self-help.

  Synopsis: 
The Garden of the Soul: lessons from four flowers that unearth the Self is a book about becoming whole…

Called ‘as spiritual as Deepak Chopra and as magical as Paulo Coelho,’ The Garden of the Soul is a journey on the ‘path of least resistance to the Self’ through the imagery of four flowers that represent four spiritual principles: ‘Give’ (the Rose), ‘Receive’ (the Iris), ‘Become’ (the Daffodil) and ‘Be’ (the Lily). Taking the reader on a daring and magical journey through the author’s life and imagination—from stage fright and burnout in a classical music conservatory, to life inside an Indian temple, to a hidden life of domestic violence, to finding inner peace atop an old English footbridge—The Garden of the Soul explores birth, death, love, art, spirituality and transformation in an eloquent, poetic and ultimately unforgettable way. It is an open invitation to readers to re-examine their own life stories, even the painful ones, and see the beauty, significance and meaning within them, so they can see that they are already the hero of their own story. Appreciative readers report that reading this book has helped them to heal from trauma or abuse, explore and embrace their own creativity, and to feel encouraged to be more courageous in expressing their authentic voice. Within the first few days of its release, the book attained Amazon bestseller status in both the UK and US in the New Age, Mind-Body-Spirit, Spirituality and Self-Help categories, reaching as high as number 18.

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ABOVE: Very cool video with author Lynn Serafinn reading from the book, nature photography by Sheila Finkelstein and uplifting music from London band Bleep Test.

Here’s what one viewer had to say about the video:
I finally had time to go listen to the Song of the Rose – It’s exquisite – I love the words, Lynn’s voice, Sheila’s images, Lynn’s sequencing of them – the whole thing is a gem! I feel very inspired.” –Tomar Levine,
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UPCOMING TITLE: The Path of Least Resistance to the Self
Genre: philosophy, mind-body-spirit, self-help
Release date (proposed): Summer 2009

Enquiries: info@give-receive-become-be.com

Synopsis: Fulfilment is any easy process of simply allowing your true self to blossom…

That is the primary message of this upcoming release, The Path of Least Resistance to the Self. An alternative approach to the “law of attraction”, The Path of Least Resistance to the Self outlines 10 simple principles that demonstrate that true fulfilment is as easy as stepping into the authentic Self, and allowing one’s Self to blossom. It is the ultimate challenge to those who believe that happiness comes as a result of struggle, and it shows the easy way to manifest joy and to live your life purpose.

For a limited time, you can enjoy the first SIX chapters of this book right now for FREE in both AUDIO AND PRINTABLE format. Altogether, that’s a £14.95 value, absolutely free by clicking HERE. Why be satisfied with a daily dose of world news, marketing programmes and business reports? Treat yourself and feed your soul once a week. Enter your name and email to receive your first chapter “What is the ‘Law of Attraction’ REALLY About?” right away.

  • Chapter 1: “What is the Law of Attraction REALLY About?
  • Chapter 2: “The Wonderful Uniqueness that is YOU”
  • Chapter 3: “The Voice within the Golden Silence”
  • Chapter 4: “Meeting the Hero of Your Own Story”
  • Chapter 5: “Ways We Resist the Wealth of Our Essence”
  • Chapter 6: “Swimming Upstream–the Salmon or the Swan?”

Enjoy this collection of inspirational readings and audio carefully created to bring some positive energy to your day! Every 7 days, you will receive a new chapter in both pdf AND mp3 format taking you through the path. The audio is a great way to spend your tea break or lunch hour over the next few weeks. Just click HERE to request your free chapters.

Give, Receive, Become, Be…

Lynn Serafinn

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